by Neil Silverberg | May 4, 2017
“Remember not the former things, nor consider the things of old. Behold, I am doing a new thing; now it springs forth, do you not perceive it? I will make a way in the wilderness and rivers in the desert. Isaiah 43:18-19 These words were originally applied to the...
by Neil Silverberg | May 2, 2017
The verdict is in and it now seems that being in pastoral ministry is harmful to your health. In an online article entitled, “Taking a Break from the Lord’s Work” Paul Vitello describes the dangers inherent in modern pastoral ministry: “The findings have surfaced with...
by Neil Silverberg | Apr 27, 2017
The night of my conversion, as I walked out of the building where the church service I had just attended was held and looked out at the familiar skyline of Miami, Florida, I uttered a statement from my newly born-again lips: “Everything looks new.” I had no knowledge...
by Neil Silverberg | Apr 24, 2017
Recently, it happened again. Eating a meal with a fellow pastor, I mentioned my belief that the most important theological issue facing the Church today is that of false conversion. The pastor’s reaction was classic. He just looked at me with a blank stare as if to...
by Neil Silverberg | Apr 21, 2017
Recently, and with little forethought, a word fell out my lips when speaking with a friend. What was this word that unguardedly fell from my lips? It was covenant and I was using it, not in the traditional sense of those covenants God has made with the human race and...
by Neil Silverberg | Apr 18, 2017
There’s far too much counseling going on in the church today. I don’t mean there is not a place for church pastors and elders to provide counsel when appropriate for those church members who need it. That is certainly an important part of pastoral ministry and...
